WEBVTT E MORE ON WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE FORMER DEPUTY.REPORTER: DESPI THIS VIDEO. >> STOP RESISTINGREPORTER: SHOWING FOUR DEPUTIES KICKING A BEATING A ALLEG DEALER, IT TOOK A JURY AN HOUR TO FIND H NOT GUILTY. THE PROSECUTION ARGUED HE ACT OUT OF BOUNDS.>> THE QUESTION IS WHA JESSE DID TO DEREK PRICE REPORTER: THEY SAID HE NEVER SAWHIM SURRENDER AND H JUMPED IN TO HELP PROTECT THEM. >> THIS IS A CASE ABOUT WHAT HE PERCEIVED AND WHAT HE DID TO PROTECT H FELLOW DEPUTIES.REPORTER: THI IS THE SECOND TIME HE HAS BEEN ACQUITTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BEATDOWN. THE FOUR OTHERS PLEADED GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO A YEAR IN JAIL.OUTSIDE COURT, THE EX-DEPUTY SAYS HE WILL NEVER RE-ENTER A CAREER I LAW ENFORCEMENT.>> I'M VERY HAPPY AND I HAD PRAYERS AND SUPPORT AROUND ME

Despite shocking surveillance video showing Jesse Terrell and four other Marion County deputies kicking and beating a drug suspect in 2014, it took a jury an hour to find Terrell not guilty.

“I just thank the jury for everything they did,” said Terrell afterwards.

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Terrell and his girlfriend were both visibly emotional after the verdict was read. The surveillance video shows the now ex-deputies beating Derrick Price after he surrendered. The video shows him lying on the ground, his arms out, appearing not to resist.

“The question is: is what Jesse Terrell did to Derrick Price reasonably necessary to protect himself or to protect someone else as he claims?” asked Chief Assistant State Attorney Richard Ridgway.

The defense countered Terrell never saw Price surrender. They argued he only saw Price struggling with deputies and he jumped in to help protect them.

“This is a case about what Jesse Terrell perceived,” said his attorney, Bill Rampiti. “And what he did to protect his fellow deputies and the community in arresting a fleeing felon.”

It is the second time Terrell has been acquitted in a case connected to the 2-year old beatdown. Last year, he was acquitted on federal civil rights charges. The other four deputies pleaded guilty and were sentenced to around a year in jail.

Outside court, the ex-deputy said he doesn’t know if he will re-enter a career in law enforcement.

“I’m very happy how everything went down,” said Terrell. “Had a lot of prayers behind me. Everybody all over the country and all over the world praying for me.”